# Deputy minister in the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli is calling for transformation in the transport, logistics and industrial sectors. The Corporate Social Investment programme will help to train more women who can contribute to economic activities in the sector. Mhlauli says the initiative forms part of government’s broader strategy to reduce youth unemployment by equipping young […]
# Public Works minister Dean Macpherson has received board nominations for the Independent Development Trust. The minister will submit them to Cabinet. Macpherson emphasised a smooth handover to uphold governance and avoid leadership gaps. He praised the current board’s progress despite corruption challenges, and said the new board must build on this foundation. He also […]
# Baie Suid-Afrikaanse ondernemings skarrel volgens berigte om die duur BTW-veranderings aan hul stelsels weer om te keer. Dit volg nadat die regering die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte wat op 1 Mei sou intree, geskrap het weens politieke teenkanting en koalisiegeskille. Dit laat ondernemings wat in die opgradering van hul stelsels belê het, met vermorste uitgawes. […]
# Die DA sê hy het ʼn aansoek volgens die Wet op die Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting by die Nasionale Tesourie ingedien. Hy wil vasstel watter aanbevelings van die Mpati-kommissie oor die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie ingestel word. ʼn Kommissie van ondersoek in 2020 onder leiding van regter Lex Mpati het ʼn magdom bestuurs-, bedryfs- en […]
# Many South African businesses are reportedly scrambling to reverse costly value-added tax system changes. This is after the government scrapped the 0.5-percent VAT hike. The reversal followed political backlash and coalition disputes, leaving firms that had invested heavily in compliance upgrades facing wasted expenses. News24 reports that small businesses, in particular, are hardest hit by the […]
# The Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union is calling on all its members to unite with the working class in commemorating Workers’ Day across the country next week Thursday. Every year on the first of May, South Africa stands still to honour the indomitable spirit of its working-class men and women. The union’s spokesperson, Khayelihle Khumalo, […]
# The DA says it has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to the National Treasury. This is to determine which enforcement recommendations of the Mpati Commission into the Public Investment Corporation are being implemented. A 2020 Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Lex Mpati exposed significant governance, operational, and ethical failures […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het die Wetsontwerp op Tariewe en Monetêre Bedrae en Wysiging van Inkomstewet amptelik in die Staatskoerant gepubliseer. Die gewysigde wetgewing wat die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte omkeer wat in Maart se begroting aangekondig is, moet steeds in die Parlement oorweeg word. Die skrapping laat ‘n fiskale tekort van 75-miljard-rand. Godongwana […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has officially gazetted the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill. The amended legislation, which reverses the 0.5-percent value-added tax hike introduced in the budget in March, will still face Parliamentary review. The scrapping of the VAT hike leaves a 75-billion-rand expenditure hole in the fiscus. Godongwana told […]
